Telegram-herald., 1887-03-20


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yoaFsed
ssOh. Grsniti do M - sssesk to me-
Do nct rsDalss met S1s Is stzl kneeltf,g
besiae him. trslRg O. arss his 1sfks
sullsn fsce - leok - her, sDd no~ sAs
takes kSs Asnd AAa holds j. n fonallag
fashion AGAINST ksr to.s0m. he = oEee
more ksx oAiid, l.sf bsy, her little one, IN
troubls anS dasxrsce-in dlrsss srlsf-snd
70 whom see1 should he cone eut a his
mother Ny darling, why did yoa net
trust Dass" sks SAYS Ia = loss. Islufai ~'l.isr
Ter II would have sayen tksIa - soa-
] could have managed IA sons way.
Yes-I would have gwen then
They were not yours - giYe"-this
sfluslon % TIE stolen diamonds hArxselS
his heart Agsla, thoagh not toward her--
ssthey belonged 20 SIR Thomas. How
exers-bre4king or ssFsgely aud drag
glng bis hand roughly out q lers--.'it )
too lste q dis U.S. what Is over and done.
IL you have come here to maunder about
my crimes, / warn yoa VIII have acne
of u 4"
.sNo. no. dear. not another word shall
be said. /" Going closer 10 him she tries
70 press him fnto chair. "Slt down now
and let rs talk Of your plans, she whis-
pers soothingiy.
..Plansfs he elances az her vaguely,
as though he hardly understands, piainly
he has not been listening. Then sudden
Is his face fushes; the veins swell upon
his temples. "WheTe Is shef" he cries Ia
a vehement tone.
''Shes Millicent"
ePshswi 10. She who betrayed me;
that fair devil, Nadine" +"
''She IL down stairs. She has been very
H." says tho mother trembling.
s'Did l hurt her; Did she feeH Did she
suffer- BIS t0ne Is exuitant, yet there
IS a ferco agony IN IL. Il hope 50.
Great heayensl how that girl lied 70 ne,
though her lips uttered no falsehood.
She gsre herself 20 me; she swore sic
would marry me, caring for that other all
the time. Did you mark how she shrunk
and covered away from rne' How she
! paled, and glanced st me as though perdi-
, ton lay in the sight OF meT
/ lie is glsncing over his mothers shoul-
! der toward the opposite wall His eyes
are dark and wild; he is gazing al some
thing. That past scene in the library is
again before bim-is again being enacted
brought 10 light by his disordered laney.
Grant, think OF something else, F" i'm
plores his mother, in frightened man
ner His voice, his gestures, terrify her.
from me she shrunk-to turn 10 hlmi
/ How her eye lit a. sac saw him To him
she cried f)r protection from me- She
held out her arms 10 hanl She clung 10
himr His breath Is coming IN painful
gasps There was alteration In the
glance she directed at him. To gain such
a glance would have died. Wsll.' he
stretches out his arms and % N he clasps
his besd, 'becaase Of such a glance /
have died. She has slain me"'
"GrRrit. my poor boy, do not talk so
wihk. Forget this girf; think now Of
what is the best thing for you 70 do"
Il have thought OF that-that is al ar
ranged"
His tone is inpatient
Where are you going, darliagi" she
asks, family.
Nov bere.
his manner is dun and listless.
"Rouse yourself" cntreats she, you
must 60 fer awhile. You say you have
arranged all Tell me, then, where you
are soinsr'
GA long journey"
"Long Journeys nowadays can be COM
passed IN q very little while"
trrTf = -. -. - -
est passage on record" he draws his
breath sharply. What happened 10 her,
when l left''
"She tainted. ar Duran
keep his name out OF IL, can't your'
interrupts he, violently. ''Go cnl She
tainted. Well, what then"'
"They had considerable difficulty In re
covering her. have been told. ] WIS not
there" says Lady valworth, nervously.
''She was naturally good deal upset by
the whole affair. suppose you fright
ened her."
"You say hurt her"
"You sent her with some force agains;
the wall You did not mean it, hastily
-"but when one is agitated as you were
one hardly knows what one is doing
you" anxiously-''must not take that
so much 10 heart; you did her no real
harm You must not he uneasy"
"Take Il 10 hearts ! wish had killed
herr The words come with hiss
through his clinched teeth. his face j,
white and distorted with passion. THAT
she should live, ard live with him. is ths
CALLING thought; that Ia more than car
bear How her little white fingers fast
ened on his aTml Liar that she is how
she deceived and ruined mel Body and
soul she has destroyed
''Oh. not your soul, darlingi There II
time-repentaDce.
There il very little tins now and al
unrcpcntant
He throws mp his head and points 4
the window. The lamps in the room ar
waning. and through the closely cur
tanned window the first streaks of comm;
nom are stealing with a peTssstencv tha
viii not be denied. Day IL breaking aas
with IL his mothers hear ghe crue
light viii tear him from her, viii carr
him--whitber'
You have not told me where you ar
going" she says. pressing her hans
aesinst b-r heart 10 still its tbrobbing.
Il can tel 10 one that
"V hat not your notberf GrsDit, d,
not fear, VII bstray you, anything 70.
say 20 me- now VIII Re sacred. Tel IA
where IL il you mean 70 go"
4 cannot
Bat whv-whyf''
For the simple reason fhst ! den
know uyseif There is a curious gIean
in MS cyas fhsf distufbs her and n4sk>
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